Patents by Inventor Ronald Hutchinson

Ronald Hutchinson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060141441
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of overseeing and adjusting the instruction and evaluation of a student with respect to one or more topics of study within a classroom. The subject matter of an academic course is studied and broken down into a plurality of discretely defined behavioral performances designed to be readily and objectively recognized as being mastered or not by a student. One or more of the discretely defined behavioral performances are then selected, with the aid of a first computerized database system, as learning objectives for the week. At the end of the week, a student is subsequently evaluated on these objectives. Results of the evaluation are then transferred to a second computerized database system, which organizes the collected data into an interactive learning management report that can be configured by a reviewer in real time to display a variety of levels of detail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Ronald Hutchinson, Tullio Proni, Joseph Brady, Grace Emley
  • Publication number: 20060141430
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of overseeing and adjusting the instruction and evaluation of a student with respect to one or more topics of study within a classroom. The subject matter of an academic course is studied and broken down into a plurality of discretely defined behavioral performances designed to be readily and objectively recognized as being mastered or not by a student. One or more of the discretely defined behavioral performances are then selected, with the aid of a first computerized database system, as learning objectives for the week. At the end of the week, a student is subsequently evaluated on these objectives. Results of the evaluation are then transferred to a second computerized database system, which organizes the collected data into an interactive learning management report that can be configured by a reviewer in real time to display a variety of levels of detail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Ronald Hutchinson, Tullio Proni, Joseph Brady, Grace Emley
  • Patent number: 4660005
    Abstract: An h.f. electrical network consists of a transmission line device in the form of a closed cavity having two end plates between which extend four quarter wave resonators positioned symmetrically about an axis passing through both end plates. The device is provided with four ports connected to two pairs of transmission line loops each of which couple equally into two adjacent resonators. The device exhibits frequency selective properties and can be used to couple two carrier frequencies into a common antenna while maintaining electrical isolation between the two signal sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: The Marconi Company Limited
    Inventor: Ronald Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 4231001
    Abstract: A constant resistance network which exhibits frequency dependent characteristics consists of a cavity resonator having two coupling loops mounted parallel to the walls of the cavity. The resonant frequency of the cavity is primarily determined by the dimensions of a resonator plate whose frequency of resonance can be trimmed by adjusting the size of a slot. The network can be used for combining the different frequencies by arranging that one of the frequencies is at the resonant frequency of the plate. The network can be extended by the provision of additional resonator plates to provide a more complex frequency response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: The Marconi Company Limited
    Inventor: Ronald Hutchinson